Reyes, Bolivia

Reyes is a small town in the Beni Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Reyes is the administrative seat of the province Ballivián and central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Reyes. The city lies at an altitude of 188 m in the Bolivian lowland on the right bank of the Río Beni, about fifteen miles from the river.

Geography

Reyes is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin east of the mountain ranges of the country in a year-round humid climate.

The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate chart Rurrenabaque ) and varies only slightly between 23 ° C in June and July and about 27 ° C from October to December. The annual rainfall is about 2000 mm, with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with 200-300 mm monthly rainfall and minimum monthly values ​​just below 100 mm from July to September.

Traffic network

Reyes is at a distance of 405 kilometers of road west of Trinidad, the capital of the department.

From Trinidad 3 introduces the largely unpaved highway Ruta about 281 kilometers west to Yucumo, from there the Ruta 8 in the north 99 km to Rurrenabaque, and then reached after another 25 kilometers Reyes. It continues in a northeasterly direction to to Riberalta and Guayaramerin on the Brazilian border.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to nearly twice: